Cover -- About the author -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures, table and boxes -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- one

WCD+10: revisiting the large dam controversy -- 6 The state of play with dams -- Public engagement in the identification of water needs -- Options identification and appraisal -- Dam planning -- Dam operation -- Environmental consequences -- Social consequences -- Economic consequences -- Monitoring compliance and incorporating feedback in scheme improvement -- Governance for sustainable water management -- International drainage basins -- Lessons learned -- 7 Dams and ecosystem services -- Ecosystem assessment -- Dams and ecosystem services -- Analysis of the ecosystem service impacts of large dams -- Table 7.1 Ecosystem service, based on the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment classification -- Taking an ecosystem services view of dam proposals -- Ecosystem services, dams and water sharing -- 8 A new agenda for dams -- The shifting politics of large dams -- War and peace -- The politics of technology -- two

Virtual water -- 'Water grabbing' -- The 'blue revolution' -- Farming for water -- Multi-use systems for water provision -- Waste water recycling -- Water in the built environment -- Returning water into the environment -- 13 Markets for water services -- Valuing ecosystems -- Water and the economy -- Paying for ecosystem services -- Box 13.1 The 12 principles of the 'ecosystem approach' advanced by the Convention on Biological Diversity -- Examples of water-related PES in Asia -- Examples of water-related PES in Europe -- Examples of water-related PES in the Americas -- Examples of water-related PES in Australasia -- Examples of water-related PES in Africa -- Wider links between water and the economy -- 14 Nature's water infrastructure -- Recognizing nature's water infrastructure -- three

A framework for guiding deliberation and decisions for water management -- Stage i) Develop common understandings of water systems -- Stage ii) Acknowledge the central role of people at all scales -- Stage iii) Develop or evolve institutions -- Stage iv) Recognize the values, perspectives and uses of all stakeholders -- Stage v) Develop participatory and deliberative techniques -- Stage vi) Develop a common vision of future water use and resource sharing -- Stage vii) Deliberate on the basis of all views and ways in which water is used -- Stage viii) Assess all options on a 'level playing field' -- Stage ix) Factor the changing nature of natural systems into plans -- Stage x) Consider long-term ramifications -- Stage xi) Develop or evolve practical tools -- Stage xii) Assess the legislative baseline -- Stage xiii) Explore the role of markets -- Stage xiv) Consider how current infrastructure can be improved to mitigate damage -- Stage xv) Resolve the needs of ecosystems with those of people -- Stage xvi) Monitor outcomes and adapt -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Zed Books.